On 11th and 12th of December the 5th and 6th round of the Schachbundesliga will take place. Take a look at the pairings at the venues Hamburg, Emsdetten, Trier and Munich. OSG Baden-Baden will play at Hamburg against the host and the team of Berlin. The German Champion and current league leader is odds-on-favourite in both matches. Here are the lineups of all teams in Hamburg.



5th round: Saturday, 11th of December 2010, 2pm

Hamburger SK - OSG Baden-Baden
1 David Baramidze 2542 - Alexei Shirov 2749
2 Lubomir Ftacnik 2568 - Etienne Bacrot 2716
3 Niclas Huschenbeth 2461 - Francisco Vallejo Pons 2697
4 Dorian Rogozenco 2522 - Arkadij Naiditsch 2674
5 Karsten Müller 2525 - Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu 2683
6 Thies Heinemann 2488 - Georg Meier 2659
7 Oliver Reeh 2454 - Rustem Dautov 2602
8 Dirk Sebastian 2439 - Philipp Schlosser 2574

SF Berlin - SC Eppingen
1 Martin Krämer 2516 - Csaba Balogh 2608
2 Arnd Lauber 2497 - Evgeny Postny 2595
3 Rainer Polzin 2494 - Zoltan Gyimesi 2595
4 Stephan Berndt 2442 - Peter Acs 2601
5 Ilja Schneider 2529 - Falko Bindrich 2507
6 Mikail Agopov 2419 - Arik Braun 2538
7 Lars Thiede 2445 - Namig Guliyev 2510
8 Marco Thinius 2367 - Christian Mann 2444

6th round: Sunday, 12th of December 2010, 2pm

OSG Baden-Baden - SF Berlin
1 Alexei Shirov 2749 - Martin Krämer 2516
2 Etienne Bacrot 2716 - Arnd Lauber 2497
3 Francisco Vallejo Pons 2697 - Rainer Polzin 2494
4 Arkadij Naiditsch 2674 - Stephan Berndt 2442
5 Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu 2683 - Ilja Schneider 2519
6 Georg Meier 2659 - Mikail Agopov 2419
7 Rustem Dautov 2602 - Lars Thiede 2445
8 Philipp Schlosser 2574 - Marco Thinius 2367

SC Eppingen - Hamburger SK
1 Csaba Balogh 2608 - David Baramdidze 2542
2 Evgeny Postny 2595 - Lubomir Ftacnik 2568
3 Zoltan Gyimesi 2595 - Niclas Huschenbeth 2461
4 Peter Acs 2601 - Dorian Rogozenco 2522
5 Falko Bindrich 2507 - Karsten Müller 2525
6 Arik Braun 2538 - Thies Heinemann 2488
7 Namig Guliyev 2510 - Oliver Reeh 2454
8 Christian Mann 2444 - Dirk Sebastian 2439

At the playing venue Emsdetten some close matches can be awaited. The teams of Emsdetten and Wattenscheid will face the teams of Solingen and Remagen.

5th round: Saturday, 11th of December 2010, 2pm
SK Turm Emsdetten - SG Solingen
SV Wattenscheid - SC Remagen

6th round: Sunday, 12th of December 2010, 2pm
SG Solingen - SV Wattenscheid
SC Remagen - SK Turm Emsdetten

In Trier the teams of Trier and Griesheim will face the teams of Mülheim and Katernberg. Trier and Griesheim are fighting against relegation whereas Mülheim and Katernberg belong to the more established teams of the league.

5th round: Saturday, 11th of December 2010, 2pm
SG Trier - SV Mülheim Nord
SV Griesheim - SF Katernberg

6th round: Sunday, 12th of December 2010, 2pm
SV Mülheim Nord - SV Griesheim
SF Katernberg - SG Trier

In Munich the biggest contender of Baden-Baden, Werder Bremen, will face the teams of Munich and Aue and is odds-on-favourite. The rest of the teams at this playing venue is fighting against relegation.

5th round: Saturday, 11th of December 2010, 2pm
Bayern München - Werder Bremen
ESV Nickelhütte Aue - Delmenhorster SK

6th round: Sunday, 12th of December 2010, 2pm
Werder Bremen - ESV Nickelhütte Aue
Delmenhorster SK - Bayern München


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Article by Georgios Souleidis